Water-gage.



J. TOROK.

WATER'GAGE. APPLIOATION PI-LBD 213.13, 1909. 928,082. Patented July 13,1909.

- 'UNITEDSTATES PATENT orrion.

Specification of Letters Patent.

JULIUS Tenor, or rinnovo, rENNsYLvANiA.

WATER-GAGE.

4Patented. July 13, 1909.

Applieatonled February v13,I 1909. Serial No. 477,582.

the obj-ect of the invention is to provide an audible signal in connection with a water gage ior soundingan alarm when the waiter within the boiler reaches levels. v

The water gage comprises zi easingin coininunieiition with the boiler, and inthe easing4 n; located a lloat adapted to be raised and lou-'cred by water admitted to the. casing from theY boiler. .lhe o .fhg is provided with electrode-.s and n. circuit is established through said electrodes byreeilient contarte nioi'able with the l'leat of `the gage. '.wo :ihn-ine are sounded indicatingl high or water, and these. alarms-,ereadapted to all the inrittci.' to the attenition'of .an enegineer in order that the supplyvwater to the boiler qui be discontinued o r increased@ repectivelvp 'The iMi/ention will be hereinafter de- .icrib'edin detail and referenewill now be had toibo drawings, wherein the preferred embodiments of the inventio'niare illustrated, wherein, i p

F'gurc l is a vertiealsectional View of a e constructed, in Aaccordance with'my in i'ciition, Fig. 2 is a plan of the electrodes of the gage, and Fig. .lie an elevation of 'the resilient contacte'thercof.

ln the accompanying drawings,` 1 idesignatos a cylindrical casing having vthe lower ende ihelreoi closed, and provided with a drain pipe2A having a' suitable globe valve 3 for closing` the pipe 2.. The upper end of the using 1 is interiorly screw threaded7 as ai' il, for :L cou ling member 5, and threaded in said coup 'mp3f member is n. housing' (3 for :i detachable cup T. i

llpon one .side of the upper end of the casing lI is located a handle S, to facilitate the holdinget the canine' while the saine 'is ronnicled lo a boiler, while upon'tho op-y poutc sido o'. the casingl if; located 'a gooselion il., luivinn a :isliilline4 box 10 Y:in einer.' ll .".iid elbow having n. stelling ,n'iunication with the boiler 14..

und 1G, said predetermineil bon 12 for :i pipe 413 communicating with si. boiler 11i. -It is through the medium of the .connection 9, elbow 11 and pipe 13 that' the upper end of the easing 1 is placed in com- ',lhe lower end `oir the easing l, communicates with'the boiler let through the medium of pipes 15 pipes beiniby` coupled togetl'ier, an', at '17. 'I

r`lhe coupling` member 5 is provided with depending guide rods 18, Said rods having` the lower ends thereof connected by a strap 19. Adapted-to slide upon the rodslS are jthe apertured lugs of afloat 21. Connectedto the upper end of the iioat 21 is a vertical support 22"having'an upper and lower set of resilient contacts, sai'd contacts coinljnising curved or bow-shaped metallic' furnis 225, Secured to the support 22, as at 24.

'lhe coupling member 5 is provided with on lesite] i dievosed electrodes 25 the-inner i 7 l i-.ndsi ol' said electrodes loing semrelrcular, as

at 2G, to provide clearance for the central portion of the support 22. The electrodes 25 are insulated Sironi the member 5, as it y27, and one of said electrodes iS connected by a wire 28 to a suit-able source of electric energy as a battery 29. The battery 29 is connected-by a wire 30 to anl electric bell 31, and said bell by av wire 32 to the' other electrode, the switch 83 being interposed in the vire 32.

The normal level of the-water within the boiler I14 and thegage is indieated'and if the water islower'ed to the level indicated by `a dot and dash line 3ft, the float 21 is lowered,-causing the upper ofisaid resilient contacts to vengage theeleetrodes25 and com-- plete a circuit through the battery 29 and the electric bell 31. -Should the writer in the boiler rise above its normal level, the float 21 willbe elevated allowing the lower set of resilient contacts to lestablish a circuit through the eleetrodes'f25 and sounding an alarm.

'.l-laving now described] y invention, what" l claim. as; new, is;W

1. ln u water gage, the combination with i boiler,'ot a casing, pipeS eonncetinelthe lower end of said -casing 'with .fia-id boi er, a goose-neck connection'carried bythe upper end of said casing and cominuuicating with Said boiler, a coupling member mounted upon the upper end oi' said easing, a housing; carried by said member, a float Slidably mounted in said casing', depending guides 'wn sA 'S Casini,"

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